Wiley Office Home and Student 2010 All-in-One For Dummies 978-0-470-87951-1 User Manual

Chapter 1: Customizing 
an Office Program

In This Chapter

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his short chapter describes a handful of things you can do to customize 
Office 2010 programs. Don’t be afraid to make like a software developer 

and change a program to your liking. Many people are wary of retooling 
Office programs, but you can always reverse the changes you make if you 
don’t like them, as I explain throughout this chapter.

This chapter shows how to put your favorite button commands on the 
Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar. Instead of fishing around for your favorite 
commands, you can assemble them on the Ribbon or Quick Access toolbar 
and locate them right away. You also discover how to change around the 
status bar, dress up an Office program in a new set of clothes, and designate 
your own keyboard shortcuts in Word.

Customizing the Ribbon

As you surely know by now, the Ribbon is the stretch of ground across the 
top of all Office programs. The Ribbon is composed of tabs. On each tab, 
commands are arranged by group. To undertake a task, you visit a tab on 
the Ribbon, find the group with the command you want, and choose the 
command. If you are so inclined, you can customize the Ribbon. You can 
place the tabs and commands you know and love where you want to find 
them on the Ribbon. And you can remove tabs and commands that aren’t 
useful to you.

To customize the Ribbon, open the Customize Ribbon tab of the Options 
dialog box with one of these techniques:

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